Missing Pieces
“This wasn’t as easy as it should have been. The people in Sara’s life kept changing. Every year brought with it a fresh set of names. Old faces disappeared; new faces popped into view. No one seemed to stay around very long.
This was a pattern that had been established early in Sara’s life. I remember her nursery school teacher taking me aside one afternoon during a get-acquainted tea and confiding that she’d never seen a child attack a classroom quite the way Sara did. Apparently, every aftern...oon Sara would climb off the little yellow bus that transported her from home to school and announce, “Today I’m going to play with so-and-so.” Every day she chose a new playmate, and every day she was successful in winning that child over. The next day, she moved on to someone new. Sara never formed a lasting bond with anyone in particular, although these temporary attachments were intense and heartfelt. But when each new day came, she moved forward, without ever looking back.
The move from Pittsburgh to Palm Beach hadn’t affected her in any noticeable way.MoreLess
This was a pattern that had been established early in Sara’s life. I remember her nursery school teacher taking me aside one afternoon during a get-acquainted tea and confiding that she’d never seen a child attack a classroom quite the way Sara did. Apparently, every aftern...oon Sara would climb off the little yellow bus that transported her from home to school and announce, “Today I’m going to play with so-and-so.” Every day she chose a new playmate, and every day she was successful in winning that child over. The next day, she moved on to someone new. Sara never formed a lasting bond with anyone in particular, although these temporary attachments were intense and heartfelt. But when each new day came, she moved forward, without ever looking back.
The move from Pittsburgh to Palm Beach hadn’t affected her in any noticeable way.MoreLess
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